In December 1971, “Mainstream” label released “A Time in My Life”, the 35th Sarah Vaughan album. It was recorded in November 1971, and was produced by Bob Shad.
Personnel:
Sarah Vaughan – vocals
Albert Vescovo, Joe Pass – guitar
Bill Mays – piano
Bob Magnusson – bass
Earl Palmer – drums
Alan Estes, Jimmy Cobb – percussion
Jackie Kelso, Jerome Richardson, William Green – saxophone
Al Aarons, Buddy Childers, Gene Goe – trumpet
Benny Powell, George Bohanon – trombone
Ernie Wilkins – arrangements
Track listing:
Imagine – John Lennon
On Thinking It Over – Brian Auger, Alan Gorrie, Jim Mullen
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye, James Nyx
Sweet Gingerbread Man – Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Magical Connection – John Sebastian
That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be – Carly Simon, Jacob Brackman
On September 24, 1996, “Elektra” label released “Stardust”, the 15th Natalie Cole album. It was recorded June – September 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording”, “Capitol Studios”, “Conway Studios” and “LeGonks West” in Hollywood, “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, “Chartmaker Studios” in Malibu, California, “The Hit Factory” and “Sony Music Studios” in New York, “The Shire” in Bedford, New York, “Wisseloord Studios” in Hilversum, Netherlands, and was produced by George Duke, David Foster, Phil Ramone and Natalie Cole. At the 39th “Grammy Awards”, Natalie Cole won the “Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals” for the song “When I Fall in Love”, a duet with Nat King Cole. The song also won the “Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)” for arrangers Alan Broadbent and David Foster.
Personnel:
Natalie Cole – lead and backing vocals, vocal and music arrangements, album concept, executive producer
Nat King Cole – lead vocals, Hammond B3 organ
John Chiodini – guitar, acoustic guitar
John Pizzarelli – guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – electric guitar
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Terry Trotter – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
Michael Lang – acoustic piano
Rob Mounsey – acoustic piano, keyboards, music arrangements
George Duke – acoustic piano, keyboards, vibraphone, music arrangements, horn arrangements, vocals arrangements
Bob James – keyboards, acoustic piano, music arrangements
Toots Thielemans – harmonica
Jim Hughart – bass, music arrangements
Chuck Domanico – bass
David Finck – bass
Reggie Hamilton – bass
Chuck Berghofer – bass
Nathan East – bass
Harold Jones – drums
Ralph Penland – drums
Chris Parker – drums
John Guerin – drums
John Robinson – drums
Harvey Mason – drums
Bashiri Johnson – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Rafael Padilla – percussion
Dan Higgins – saxophone
Everette Harp – alto saxophone
Michael Brecker – saxophone
Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
George Bohanon – trombone
Jon Clarke – oboe
Alan Broadbent – music arrangements
John Clayton – music arrangements
David Foster – music and vocals arrangements
Johnny Mandel – music arrangements
Charles Floyd – music arrangements
Gordon Jenkins – original music arrangements
Clare Fischer – strings arrangements
Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
Janis Siegel – backing and harmony vocals
Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
Elliot Scheiner, Erik Zobler, Dave Reitzas – recording
Felipe Elgueta, Wayne Holmes, Henk Korff, John Patterson, Patrick Ulenberg – additional engineering
Jeffrey Demorris, Peter Doell, Koji Ejawa, Rob Frank, Barry Goldberg, John Hendrickson, Glenn Marchese, Eddie Miller, Charlie Paakkari, Rail Rogut, Robbes Stieglitz – engineer assistant
Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
Emily Rich – design
Rocky Schenck – photography
Simon Ramone, Corrine Duke – production assistant
Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
Dick La Palm – liner notes
Track listing:
There’s a Lull in My Life – Mack Gordon, Harrye Revel
Stardust – Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Let’s Face the Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul
When I Fall in Love – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
What a Difference a Day Made – Stanley Adams, María Méndez Grever
Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
He Was Too Good to Me – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
Dindi – Ray Gilbert, Antônio Carlos Jobim
Two for the Blues – Neal Hefti, Jon Hendricks
If Love Ain’t There – Johnny Burke
To Whom It May Concern – Nat King Cole, Charlotte Hawkins
Where Can I Go Without You? – Victor Young, Peggy Lee
Ahmad’s Blues – Ahmad Jamal. Bobby Williams
Pick Yourself Up – Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern
If You Could See Me Now – Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman
Like a Lover – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Nelson Motta
This Morning It Was Summer – Bob Haynes
When I Fall in Love (Spanish version) – Victor Young, Edward Heyman
On July 27, 1983, “Qwest Records” and “Warner Bros” labels released “It’s Your Night”, the debut James Ingram album. It was recorded 1982 – 1983, at “Westlake” and “Ocean Way” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Quincy Jones. In 1985, the album track “Yah Mo B There” won “Grammy Award” for “Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group”.
Personnel:
James Ingram – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, synth bass, arrangements
Quincy Jones – African voices, electric piano, arrangements
Michael McDonald – lead and backing vocals, synthesizers, arrangements
In June 1968, “Brunswick” label released “Manufacturers of Soul”, album by Jackie Wilson and Count Basie (the 18th Jackie Wilson album overall). It was recorded in January 1968, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Nat Tarnopol and Teddy Reig.
Personnel:
Jackie Wilson – vocals
Count Basie – piano
Bobby Plater, Marshal Royal – alto saxophone
Eric Dixon, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis – tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
Al Aarons, Oscar Brashear, Gene Coe, Sonny Cohn – trumpet
Richard Boone, Steve Galloway, Grover Mitchell – trombone
Bill Hughes – bass trombone
Freddie Green – guitar
Uncredited – bass
Harold Jones – drums
Benny Carter – arrangements
Decca Photo Studio – photography
Hal Buksbaum – photography
Teddy Reig – liner notes
Track listing.
Funky Broadway – Lester Christian
For Your Precious Love – Arthur Brooks, Richard Brooks, Jerry Butler
In the Midnight Hour – Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett
Ode to Billy Joe – Bobbie Gentry
Chain Gang – Sam Cooke
I Was Made to Love Her – Stevie Wonder, Lula Mae Hardaway, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy
Uptight (Everything’s Alright) – Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy
I Never Loved a Woman (The Way I Love You) – Ronnie Shannon
Respect – Otis Redding
Even When You Cry – Quincy Jones, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
In December 1968, “Verve” label released “Goodies”, the sixth George Benson album. It was recorded in November 1968, at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.
Personnel:
George Benson– vocals, guitar
Paul Griffin– piano, celeste
Bobby Lucas – harmonica
Bob Cranshaw– electric bass
Chuck Rainey– bass
Jimmy Johnson, Jr. – drums
Leo Morris– drums
Jack Jennings – congas, vibraphone
The Sweet Inspirations- vocals
Arthur Clarke – tenor saxophone, flute
George Marge – tenor saxophone, flute
Clark Terry– trumpet
Garnett Brown– trombone
The Winston Collymore Strings arranged and conducted by Horace Ott
Val Valentin– engineering director
Don Hahn – engineer
Barton Beneš – cover art
Stephen Stuart – photography
Del Shields – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by George Benson except where noted.
I Remember Wes
Carnival Joys
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman – Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Jerry Wexler
That Lucky Old Sun – Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie
Julie
Windmills of Your Mind – Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman
In July 1974, “Reprise” label released “Some Nice Things I’ve Missed”, the 54th Frank Sinatra studio album. It was recorded December 1973 – May 1974, in Hollywood, and was produced by Don Costa, Jimmy Bowen and Sonny Burke.
Personnel:
Frank Sinatra– vocals
Don Costa, Gordon Jenkins– arranger
Track listing:
You Turned My World Around – Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, Kim Carnes, Dave Ellingson
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
The Summer Knows – Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand
I’m Gonna Make It All the Way – Floyd Huddleston
Tie a Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Ole Oak Tree – Russell Brown, Irwin Levine
Satisfy Me One More Time – Floyd Huddleston
If – David Gates
You Are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder
What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? – Alan and Marilyn Bergman,Michel Legrand
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